Chicagoisms

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Wed Jul 21 06:37:53 UTC 2010


Whoa! Who knew that none of those words came to have their accepted
meanings until they appeared in some Chicago newspaper?

Or has the point of the article escaped my notice?

-Wilson

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 1:03 PM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com> wrote:
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> Perhaps this is old news for you all, but Chicago Magazine has an
> interesting article on the "Top 40 Chicago Words-Our Contributions to the
> English Language". Here
> http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2010/Top-40-Chicago-Words-Ou
> r-Contributions-to-the-English-Language/index.php
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> The article mentions, ADS, Ben Zimmer and the ubiquitous Mr. Popik.
> DAD
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